Drivers are warned to be careful during the holiday season and the police are out in force.
O le vaitau lenei o le tausaga e malosi mai ai lapata'iga mai le ofisa o leoleo i tagata ave taavale ina ia ave taavale ma le faautauta.
E leai se mea e sili ona avea ma faanoanoaga i aso fiafia ma aso malolo nai lo se faalavelave faafuase'i e maumau ai le ola o se tagata.
E pei o le ulugalii o Glenn ma Sharon Bertalli i le taimi na tu'itu'i mai ai le faitotoa e leoleo ma logoina i la'ua ua maliu le la tama o Cody, 19 tausaga le matua i se taavale na lavea..
BERTALLI
"If you don't know what it's like waking up feeling like half your heart's missing every day ... I never knew what that meant when somebody told me it. I know what it does now."
Ua faaailoa mai e le ulugalii o Bertallis le tala i le tulaga mafatia na oo ia i la'ua e fesoasoani i le fe'au mai le ofisa o leoleo i le tatau ona ave taavale ma le faautauta i le vaitau lenei.
Na saunoa le sui Komesina o leoleo i Vitoria, Doug Fryer ua amata le Operation Road Wise ma ia iloa e tagata ave taavale, e le taliaina le saosaoa, le siaki o lau telefoni mopili ae o e ave taavale....
FRYER
"It is not okay to speed a little bit. It is not safe to check your mobile phone. To drive while distracted, fatigued or impaired is a no-brainer -- it is fraught with danger."
I NSW ua amata ai le Operation Safe Arrival ma na faaalia e le sui Komesina Michael Corboy o le mea masani lava ua tatau ona suia, 'aua le talia lau telefoni mopili ae o e ave taavale...
CORBOY
"We get so upset. Everyone's using their mobile phones while they're driving. It's a cultural thing. We will still issue tickets, but people need to change the culture. People need to think about what they're doing."
Ua faaopoopo leoleo i maga-ala mo le siakiina o tagata e ave taavale onana pe faaogaina vailaau faasaina.
